Nuclear power is an important pillar in electricity generation in France. However, France's nuclear power plant fleet … France have on system costs? Applying a stochastic optimization model for the European electricity system, we show that …

electricity supply in Germany can be assured until 2015. In the long term, the need for backup capacity for renewable energy … sector. We especially consider the secured generation capacity of intermittent renewable energy sources such as wind … and investment model of the European power sector to account for the embedding of the German electricity sector in the …

Electricity market models, implemented as dynamic programming problems, have been applied widely to identify possible … pathways towards a cost-optimal and low carbon electricity system. However, the joint optimization of generation and … exchanges of electricity in meshed networks. This paper presents a methodology that allows to optimize power generation and …

The German Energiewende’s potential effects on the reliability of electricity supply as well as the corresponding …

electricity distribution utilities for the 2001-2004 period. We utilize data on almost 100 geographic and weather variables to …

important in particular for the electricity industry where private …rms invest into generation facilities, while network …

electricity distribution network operators. Furthermore, we find that distributed generation from renewable energy sources is a … from renewable energy sources on the total costs of distribution network operators. Our results indicate an average cost … incentive regulation and efficiency benchmarking in electricity distribution industries and provides valuable insights for …

Adequately designed prices are essential to achieve efficient coordination between the electricity network and market …

misspecification, a latent class model is applied to a comprehensive database of German electricity distribution network operators … generation from renewable energy sources and identify distributed generation capacity as an important driver of the network …